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Al-Arabia – Iran has announced that its death toll from the coronavirus has passed the milestone of 30,000 killed.Read the latest updates in our dedicated coronavirus section.The announcement Saturday by Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari saw Iran put its total death toll from the outbreak at 30,123 killed, with a total of 526,490 confirmed cases. Iran has been struggling with …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Elliott Abrams, the U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela, pointed out during a hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that “The U.S. is committed to holding accountable those who deny freedom and justice to people of Iran and later today the United States will announce sanctions on several Iranian officials and entities including the judge who …

Al-Arabia – The UN arms embargo on Iran is set to expire Sunday despite US efforts to extend it, giving the regime the freedom to purchase military equipment. This will compound the danger its current missile program already poses in the Middle East. The embargo is due to expire on October 18, as agreed under the 2015 nuclear deal among …

Radiofarda – In his annual report, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described “repeated and serious violations” of human rights in Iran as a “grave concern.” The report published on Wednesday was prepared for submission to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) two months ago. Guterres’s report, which covers the period from September 2018 to the summer of 2020, underlines “repeated serious violations” …

VOA- Two female Iranian dissidents have responded defiantly to being summoned to start prison terms in Iran, saying they have no regrets for signing the 2019 letter that called for the nation’s Islamist ruler to quit and triggered their arrest. In exclusive Thursday interviews with VOA Persian from Iran, Shahla Entesari and Shahla Jahanbin said they had received phone calls …